#Veritasium #introduction #video to #asbestos health risks and #history, including Irving Selikoff’s finding in the 01960s that 1.4% of wartime shipyard workers died of #mesothelioma and other asbestos-related #cancer, presented at a conference in 01964, but also covering recent findings about non-quantified risks of natural asbestos exposure.
on 02026-03-1202019 #medicine review #CC BY #paper about #asbestos and lung #cancer. “The new knowledge gained through this review provides the evidence for synergism between asbestos exposure and tobacco smoke in lung cancer causation at a biological level. The evaluated statistical data conform best to a multiplicative model for the interaction effects of asbestos and smoking on the lung cancer risk, with no requirement for asbestosis. Any asbestos exposure, even in a heavy smoker, contributes to causation. Based on this information, we propose criteria for the attribution of lung cancer to asbestos in smokers and non-smokers.”
on 02025-09-02